Webb captures clearest view of Neptune's rings in decades
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet's rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras reveal the ice giant in a whole new light.
Most striking in Webb's new image is the crisp view of the planet's rings - some of which have not been detected since NASA's SAIC and Rogue Space Systems partner to deliver services for objects orbiting Earth
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Rogue Space Systems Corporation has announced a strategic partnership to develop solutions that provide rapidly deliverable In-Orbit Service Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM), asset inspection and Space Situational Awareness (SSA).
"Together, SAIC and Rogue bring unique skills and expertise that will support the growing demand for s Harnessing new propulsion technology for Earth monitoring
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
The reliability of any satellite depends on the quality of all its parts. With supply chains changing in light of world events, Airbus is looking at alternative European-sourced satellite equipments that will also introduce innovations.
During the world's most prominent space industry gathering, the International Astronautical Congress, Airbus and Exotrail inked an agreement for integratio Spaceflight and Rocket Factory partner to fly Sherpa OTVs on RFA launches from Europe
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
At the International Astronautical Congress 2022 (IAC), Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, has announced it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for upcoming launches with Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA). The agreement formalizes the plan for Spaceflight to fly its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) and other rideshare payloads on upcoming RFA missions fro SpinLaunch closes $71M Series B funding round
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
SpinLaunch reports that the company has closed a $71 million Series B funding round. The funds will be used to continue the development and commercialization of the world's first kinetic launch system and satellite product line, designed to provide low-cost, high-cadence, environmentally responsible space access.
The round was led by ATW Partners, and includes Kleiner Perkins, GV, ATMA Cap Wagner Corp teams with Virgin Orbit to bring air-launch capability to Australia
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading launch provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wagner Corporation, one of the region's most successful privately-owned companies and proprietor of the Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport and Business Park in Queensland, Australia. The agreement will allow the companies to begin the process of implementing a national launch capability from Austr Researchers at SLAC use purified liquid xenon to search for mysterious dark matter particles
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
Sitting a mile below ground in an abandoned gold mine in South Dakota is a gigantic cylinder holding 10 tons of purified liquid xenon closely watched by more than 250 scientists around the world. That tank of xenon is the heart of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, an effort to detect dark matter - the mysterious invisible substance that makes up 85% of the matter in the universe.
"People hav Redwire, Bradford Space and SSC to jointly develop commercial orbital debris removal service
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with both Bradford Space and the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) to develop a commercial orbital debris removal service. Through this collaboration, Redwire will expand the development team and add extensive space robotics and guidance, navigatio MDA announces second commercial sale of space robotics technology to Axiom Space
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has announced the second commercial sale of its products derived from Canadarm3 technology to Axiom Space.
The new contract is for the delivery of 62 payload interface pairs for Axiom Space's Axiom Station. The interfaces will provide mechanical, electrical, and data Maxar awarded G-EGD contract renewal to provide mission-ready imagery for US Govt
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:30
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, has been awarded an Option Year 3 contract renewal by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (G-EGD) program. The contract, which began September 1, 2022, is valued at $44 million. This is the third of three opt Maxar offering new space-monitoring service to help track objects in orbit
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:20
Maxar Technologies has received regulatory approval to use its satellites to monitor the space environment and sell that data commercially.
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IAC 2022: ESA DG and astronauts meet the press
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 11:00
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ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet, Luca Parmitano, Alexander Gerst, and Matthias Maurer, together with the ESA Director General answered questions from journalists at the IAC in Paris. Andreas Mogensen joined remotely and Samantha Cristoforetti connected directly from the the International Space Station.
Artemis Accords signatories hold first meeting
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 09:48
Nations that have signed the U.S.-led Artemis Accords met in person for the first time Sept. 19 as an initial step to elaborate on the principles for safe and sustainable space exploration.
New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings in decades
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 08:28
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is showing off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this peculiar planet’s rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras are also revealing the ice giant in a whole new light.
Zooming in on drought from space
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 07:20
We are all aware that the summer of 2022 has been one of the hottest on record, causing drought and raging wildfires in many parts of Europe. Satellite data have been used to report the baking temperatures of the land surface and map fires, but the Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission has also been used to zoom in and provide very high-resolution measurements of the actual moisture content of the surface soils. Maps of northern Italy, for example, show how dry this summer has been compared to two years ago.